PRAYAGRAJ: Authorities of the Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University (UPRTOU) have decided to scrutinize and update all the study material of the courses being run by them.
Vice Chancellor of the lone open university of the state, Prof Seema Singh issued a notice to all the ‘schools of education’ under the university, instructing them to recheck the course and study material been given to students and see if any wrong information was not being imparted to the students.
The important initiative by the new VC comes in wake of reports wherein one of the study materials, not being updated since many years, mentioned that former prime minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated 20 years ago, whereas it is now been 37 years since she was assassinated in the year 1984.
“I have asked the faculty members and officials of all the ‘school of education’ to recheck the self-learning material (SLM) of all the courses and see that none of the books or the SLM’s should give any wrong information to the students.
The books should be updated and the course material should be revamped from time to time”, said Prof Singh.
Meanwhile, the relevance and importance of the study material, published by the Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University (UPRTOU), would be enhanced among the academic fraternity.
By the persistent efforts of the new vice chancellor of the lone open university of the state, the varsity has been allotted International Standard Book Number (ISBN).